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03/19/2018

The Flyers completed a weekend sweep on Sunday with a 6-3 win against the Washington Capitals, but did so without their full forward unit. Michael Raffl left the game after the second period and did not return.

The Flyers announced on Monday that Raffl will be out for two weeks with an upper-body injury.

03/18/2018

Points have been hard to come by for the Flyers in March, but a turnaround may be near if this weekend is any indication.

After rallying for four goals in the third period of Saturday's game in Carolina, the Flyers turned in one of their best games in March, a 6-3 win on home ice against the Washington Capitals. The four-point stretch gives the Flyers some breathing room with just nine games left on the schedule before the regular season comes to an end.

The Flyers haven't been able to string together wins since the calendar turned to March, but one night after rallying for a key two points, they used a solid effort in a back-to-back to grab another two points over a key division rival.

The Flyers scored three goals in the second, highlighted by Oskar Lindblom's first NHL goal, and three goals in the third, two by Wayne Simmonds, to claim a 6-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday night at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers used a third-period rally to claim a much-needed two points in the standings. That temporarily put their free fall on pause for at least one night, but they make a quick return to the ice for another tough test.

The Flyers play host to the Metropolitan Division leading Washington Capitals, who carry a two-point lead into Sunday's game.

03/15/2018

It seems like all that can go wrong will go wrong for the Flyers. Another defeat has them officially on the ropes in the playoff picture.

A 5-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets has the Flyers recent free-fall pressing on, while Columbus' surge puts them on the cusp of overtaking the Flyers in the standings. New Jersey and Florida are all knocking on the door too, as the Flyers spot in the playoffs burns to a crisp.

Over the past few games, one of the Flyers' chief concerns has been an inability to play a full 60 minutes. Decent play for the first two periods, until a collapse in the 3rd.

Thursday's game was a bit of an exception to the rule, as the Flyers got off to (yet came close to recovering from) a sluggish start, one that saw them yield two goals in an 11-second span. Cam Atkinson also helped sink them with a hat trick, giving the Blue Jackets a tight 5-3 win.

With the regular season winding down, the Metropolitan Division is in an absolute dogfight to the finish. In the third playoff spot, the Flyers sit four points behind Pittsburgh and Washington with 81 points, while New Jersey (80 points) and Columbus (79) sit right on their heels in both wild card spots.

For the Flyers, they have a chance to gain some ground, hosting that same Blue Jackets team that can tie them with two points. Though the Flyers snapped a five-game skid last weekend, they took a step back with a home loss to Vegas, so they'll take all they can get here.

After a month of February where the Flyers picked up 10 wins and 22 points in the standings with a 10-1-2 record, the Flyers are just 1-5-1 in their first seven games in March, gaining just three points in the process.

That has the rest of the playoff teams in the Eastern Conference hot on the Flyers heels as the regular season winds down.

The Flyers find themselves caught in the middle of the pack again. They are just four points off the Metropolitan Division lead with games against Washington and Pittsburgh left on the schedule. They are also just two points up on the final wildcard team and six points up on the first team out of the playoffs.

The Flyers are certainly flirting with an epic collapse, from comfortably in the playoffs to fighting for their playoff lives every night. With 12 games to go, what will it take to lock down a playoff spot?

03/14/2018

As captain of the Flyers, ClaudeGiroux has been a fixture of the Philadelphia sports scene for the better part of the last decade. With Tuesday's news of Brent Celek being released by the Eagles, Giroux vaulted to the top in the list of Philadelphia's longest-tenured athletes currently playing in the city.

It's somewhat fitting that Giroux becomes Philly's longest-tenured athlete as he puts the finishing touches on a great season individually. On Monday night, Giroux scored his 25th goal of the season and picked up his 82nd point, sealing his first point-per-game season in three years.

Giroux has put himself in some elite company this season, and his lengthy time in Philadelphia is a main reason why. Now, as Philly's longest-tenured athlete, Giroux's comeback season of sorts should be appreciated by fans who have watched from the very beginning.